The idea of sidechains as a scaling and feature extension mechanism for Bitcoin is a very old concept. A kind of basic “ancestor” idea of sidechains, merge mined chains, even goes back to before ...

The new XRP sidechain utilizes Axelar’s network for cross-chain token transfers, with Wrapped XRP (eXRP) serving as the native asset. Ripple's integration enhances XRP’s interoperability, enabling ...

What’s the biggest threat to blockchain adoption? Scalability. Without it, even the most sophisticated blockchains -- decentralized applications and decentralized exchanges -- will be too slow to use.

The authors of the much-discussed Bitcoin Sidechains paper “Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains,” released in October, formed the company Blockstream to implement sidechains and ...

Web3 has had severe scalability concerns. But application sidechains have emerged as a viable answer to crypto’s most persistent problem. By far, the innovation with the most impact in the Web3 world ...